There are 2 types of handicap: voluntary and forced. Voluntary handicap can be set by client via `cl_handicap` variable.
```
-cl_handicap 1
-sendcvar cl_handicap 1
+cl_handicap 2
```
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+Since Xonotic 0.8.5 the additional command `sendcvar cl_handicap 2` is no longer needed, as the new value is automatically sent to the server when the cvar value changes.
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For obvious reasons, you can't set it to be less than 1.
Forced handicap can be set by the server and can be less than 1. For example, by [dynamic handicap](dynamic-handicap) mutator.
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